The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-10
TALMAGE'S SERMON,
The Weekly Discourse Of the Great
Brooklyn Preacher
'sDcfsn0iRs Young Men,"
TENr "And the Lord ed the cues of
The NnlLnn lnnn VII Kinns wi II

cal student was scared by finding himself and
Snsna, the prophet, upon whom he waited,
surrounded by whole army of enemies. But
venerable elisha was not scared at all, be.
Gauss ne saw the mountains full OF defense
Tor nm, In chariots made out of fire, wheels
OF lire, dashboard of fire AMI cushions OF fire.
drawn by horses with nostrils of fire, and
names OF ire, and launches of fire, and hoofs
oil ire-a supernatural appearance that could
not De seen with the natural eve. So the old
munster prayed that the Young minister
nrsht see them also, and the prayer was an
young man and he also saw the fiery process
son, looking somewhat, suppose, like the
AasGondacks or the Alleghanies in this au-
tumnal rSspenience
Many young men, standing among the
most tremendous realities, have their ewes
halt shut or entirely closed. May God grant
that my sermon may open wide your ey es 10
tiny.
mighty defense for young man is a
good home Some of my hearers look back
with tender satisfaction to Their early home.
u may have been rude and ru tic, hidden
among Tue hills, and architect or VI holsterer
naVer planned or ado ned it. But all tho
tresco on princey walls never looked so en-
lcln5 TO You as those rough hewn raftars
aou con think of no park or arbor of trees
planted on fashionable country sent 50 at.
uiigtiNe as the plan brook that ran in front
OF the old 1armhouseS AMI sang under
ule We ping willows. No barred gateway,
auorne& With statue of bronze, and swung
open by o6seluous porter in full dress, has
nan tie Story OF the swing gate. Many Of
you have second dwelling place. your
aanopted home, that also is sacred forever.
lhare you built the first family altar. There
your children were born. All those trees YOU
planted. That room is solemn, because once
En,N, lei.
oil aea Ii. Under that oof YOU expect when
your work 10 done to lie down and die. You
Try with many words to tell the excellencv
OF IRE place, but you fail. There is only one
word III the language that can describe your
meaning. 1t is home.
Now, declare that a young man is COM
raratVeiy SAFE who goes out into the world
with a charni like this upon him. The mem
DRY OF parental solicitude, Watching, plan
ninS ana praying, will be to him shield and
shelter never knew a man faithful both
10 his early and adopted home, who at the
same t:me was given over to any gross form
OF dissipation or wickeiness He who seek,
his enjoyment chiefly from outside associa-
ton, rather than from the more quiet and
imp eslmng p.easu'es of which | have
spoken, may be SuSpecte to he on the broad
road to run. Absaiom despised his father.
house, and YOU know his h story of sin and
his Geath of shame If you seem unneces-
~e.'''J iSSi"ecu iipiIl your ana former
associates, IS there not some room that YOU
can call your own Into it gather books and
pictures and harp. Have portrait over
the mantel Make ungoily mirth stand back
from the threshold. Consecrate some snot
with tine knee OF prayer. By the memory of
o'her uays, lathers counsel and mothers
love, and sisters confidence call it home
Another defense for a young man is indus.
eloas habit. Many young men, in starting
upon me IN tbs age expect to make their
way through the world by the use of their
WIS rather than the toll of their hands, A
chiid now COOS to the city and fails twice be-
lore he Is as Old as his father was when be
H tir saw the spires OF the great town. Sit
tllg IN some Office rented at $1,000 a wear
ne Is waiting for the bank to declare its diyi'
dehd, or goes into the market expecting be-
lore night to be made rich by the rusbing I'm
OF the stocks. But luck SCENE SO dull he re-
solved on some other tack Perhaps he bor-
rows from his employers money drawer.
and forgets TO put it back. Or for merely the
purpose or improving his penmanship makes
copy plate of n merchants signature. Never
MIND all IS right i'll trade In some dark
hlght there may come in his dreams a vision
OF blackweii's island, or OF Sing Sing but
70 soon VaniShes. In u short time he will
De ready to retire from the busy world,
ana amid his flocks and herds culture the
domestic virtues Then those youno man
oetter Than to engage in honest work, will
come with their OK teams to draw him lors
ana with their hard hands help heaye IN his
castle, This is no fancy picture. Its every.
Gay me. l should not wonder if there were
1o ah I9eeen beams in that beautiful palace.
sno'li not wonder if dire scknesses should
smlte through the young man, or if Cod
shouid pour INTO his cup OF life q drauyht
mat would thrill him with unbearable agony
! should not wonder if his children s6onId
pecoihe 10 nun living curse, making his
nome, nome pest ana disgrace. I should not
, molueI II ne goes to miserable grave, and
beyond 1t into the crashing of teeth The
way OF the ungoily shall perish.
!, my young friends, there is no way to penu-
me success except through toll either of the
mead or hand. At the battle OF Crecv in
lo4a the Prince Of Wales, finding himself
heavily pressed by the enemy, sent VOID to
~. uLs ta.aeE tor help. The father, watching
bi is sou on' ,i from Windmill and seeing that
LIS son was not wounded and could gain fine
oay II ne would, sent word: "No; l will not
come. Let the boy win his spurs for II
nol Will dts.re that this day be his WITH
an IT'S donors" Young MN, fight yonr own
'a.''e all throuEh nn YOU shall w the
victory. Oh it Is a battle worth fighting.
Two monerchs of old fought duel, Charles
V. ana Francis, and the stakes were king
doms-.Milan and Burgundy. You fight with
SID and the stakes are heaven and he'll.
10 not get the fatal idea that you are a
genus, and that therefore there IS no need
OF close application. 1t is here where multi
tuFes fail. The great curse of this age is the
geniuses, men with enormous self conceit and
eGotlsm, and nothing es, ] had rather he
an OK than an eagle; plain. an ploidinr ard
nsciu, rather than high flying aud good for
nothing but to pick out the eyes of carcasses
extraordinary capacity without use Is extra
ordinary failure. There is no hope for that
person who begins his life resolved to live by
ms Wis, for the probability is he has not
any. 1t was not safe for Adam, even in his
unlailen state, to have nothing to do,
and, therefore, God commanded him
70 be farmer and horticulturst
ne was to dress the garden and
keep 1t, and hal he and his wife oheyei the
dlVina injunction and teen at work. they
would not have bsen saunGering under the
trees and hungering after that fruit which
destroyed them and their posterity proof
positive for all ages to come that thoge who
20 not attend to their business are sure to get
ip'o mischief. do not know that the prod
)ga! IN Scripture would ever have been re-
claimed had he not given up his idle habits
aai gone to feeding swine for a living. go
10 me ant, thou sluggard consider her ways
ana be wise, which, having no overseer or
guide, provideth her food in the summer and
Ed5horeth her meat in the harvest" The
ncFll doe not so often attack the man who
Is busy with the pen. and the book and this
trowei, and the saw, and the hammer. He
Us afraid of those weapons But woe to that
man whom this roaring lion meets with his
hands in his pockets. Do not demand
That your toll always be elegant, and
cieanly and refinei There is a certain
amount of drulgery through which we must
all pass, whatever be our occupation.
Again. profound respect for the Sabbath
will be to the young man powerful preserv-
alive against evil God has thrust into the
toll and fatigue of life recr5ative dav, when
TIE soul is es. ecially to be fed 1t is no new
fanslel notion of wild Drained reformar.
but IN institution established at the begin
min. God has made natural and moral laws
so harmonious that the body as well as the
soul demands this institution. Our bodies
are seven day clocks, that must be wound I'M
as often as that or they will run down,
Failure must come sooner or later to the man
who breaks the Sabbath. Inspiration has
called it the Lords day. and he who devotes
it to the world is guilty Of robbery. God
will not let the sin go UNPUBLISHED, either in
this world or the world to cone.
While the divine frown must rest upon
him who tramples upon this statute, Gods
special favor will be upon that young man
who scruru ouslv observes It, This day,
properly observed will throw a hallowed in
huence over all the week The song and SER